Game apparatus



(No Model.)

W. S. REED.

GAMB APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM S. REED, OF LEOMlNSTER', MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,848, dated May 31, 1887.

Application tiled June 28, i886. Serial No. 206.532.

(No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern..-

. Beit known that I, WILLIAM S. REED, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain Improvements in Game Apparatus,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference be'ifng had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh- Figure 1 is a plan of a card or tablethaving thereon a series of questions and answers with their exponental characters arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2is'aplan of two such cardsor tablets, one having onlya series of questions and their exponents and the other only a series of answers and their exponents. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewfon a reduced scale) of a receptacle for containing a series of such cards and with a pair of rotating dials having all the exponental characters of the questions and answers thereon. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the center of the pair' of rotating dials. Fig. 5 represents the cover of the card-receptacle with a different form-of dial applied thereto.

My present invention consists in one or more cards or tablets, each provided with questions and answers thereto and exponents for both the questions and answers; or one card or tablet for questions and another card or tablet for the answers and their exponents, in combination with a dial formed of two portions bearing the exponents of both the questions and answers,0ne or both portions of the dial being adapted to be moved by the player, so that when the exponents of a question are brought into line on the surfaces of the two portions of the dial the exponent o f its answer will simultaneously appear to View in the same line as the exponent of the question, and having thus found the exponent of the answer on the dial the corresponding exponent will be found in the particular location allotted to its answer in the table of answers, the foregoing exercise affording a pleasant occupation for the mind and an interesting channel for imparting information.-

In the said drawings, A represents a rectangular box or receptacle, provided with a cover, a, and containing a series of cards or tablets, B, and a pair of rolls, C D, (constiof the inside of the receptacle.

tuting a dial,) pivoted to a common axis, b, having its bearings in blocks E E at one end Each card is divided into two equal portions, and each portion into a series of rectangular spaces. In each of the question-spaces is written,printed, engraved,or otherwise delineated aquestionfor instance, How can aman make his coat last" -and a couple of letters, (capitals preferred,) such as X Y, which form the exponent or representative of said question. In each space assigned for answers is also printed, written, engraved, or otherwise delineated an answer, the space containing each answer also containing a couple offgures-for instance, 23-which constitute the exponent for the answer to the foregoing questiom This answer is found in the following manner: Near one end (the out-er'end, for instance) of each. roll C D its peripheral surface is divided into spaces, in each of which is found one of the letters corresponding to one of the capital letters, X or Y, which constitute the exponent of said question, and near each end of (inner end) these rolls C'D its peripheral surface is also divided Ainto spaces, eachv space containing a number consisting of acouple of numerals. By

rotating the rolls C D the letters X. Y are brought into line with each other--zl e., into a common vertical plane passing longitudinally through the axis b of the rolls, simultaneous with which the figures 23 are also brought into the same'line therewith and are exposed to view. (See Fig. 3.) By looking for the number 23 on the portion of the card or tablet containing the answers a similar number 23y will be found in the space which contains the particular answer to the question How can a man make his coat lastt7 said answer represented by the exponent 23 being By making his vest and pants first.7

It is evident that the characters representing the exponents of either the questions or answers may be varied and pictures of ani mals or things substituted therefor, it being only necessary that the characters representing the exponent of a question be different from those representing the exponent of its answer. The rolls GD form a two-part rotating dial on which are found the keys to thel answers.

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The dial may be formed of two flat circular portions applied to the cover a, Fig. 5, the inner portion being pivoted thereto and capable of being rotated around its center, and the ontside portion being fixed to the cover, the two characters constituting the exponent of aquestion being in a line running to the center of the dial. The two other characters representing the exponent ofthe answer will also be found between them in the same line.

I claimn l. A card or tablet having t-hereon a series 0f questions and their answers provided with exponents, each exponent formed of two or more characters, the characters representingr the exponent of a question being ot' different style or value from the characters representing the exponent of its ans\ver,in combination with a dial formed oftwo'portions adapted to be rotated independently of each other on a common axis, each 'portion of the dial being subdivided and bearing one of the characters of the exponent of a question, and also one of the characters of the exponent of its answer, the sum ofthe subdivisions on the dial correspondingtothe number of characters of the exponents, the operation of bringing into line the characters forming the exponent of a question, by rotating the two portions of the dial, also bringing simultaneously into the same line the characters forming the exponent of its answer, so that the latter may be identified in the space allotted to it on said card or tablet, substantially as and for the purpose described. t

2. A dial formed of two rolls capable of being revolved independently on a common axis having its bearings in a suitable frame, cach roll having delineated thereon a part of the exponent of a question, and also a part ot' the exponent of its answer, in combination with one or more cards or tablets having represented thereon the questions and answers and their respective exponents located in the spaces assigned therefor, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 18th day of June,1886.

WILLIAM S. REED.

In presence of N. WV. STEARNS, W. P. GLoUGH. 

